Date: Fri, 26 Dec 97 13:25:10 PST
From: Noam Rotem <nrotem AT johnbryce DOT co DOT il>
Subject: Re: The warning <-- Solved. Thank you 
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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--- On Thu, 25 Dec 1997 09:44:17 +0200 (IST)  Eli Zaretskii 
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

>
>On Wed, 24 Dec 1997, Noam Rotem wrote:
>
>> >> char line[4][2] = {
>> >> 		 {2,1,2,1},
>> >> 		 {3,4,2,1}
>> >> 		};
>> >
>> >I don't think this is the correct initialization.  The 
>> correct one should 
>> >include 4 arrays of 2 numbers, not 2 arrays of 4.
>> 
>> It's wrong, and the compiler shouldn't compile it. 
>> Initializing a row of 2 values with 4 values is an error 
of 
>> syntax..
>> 
>> Is there any methodic reason for ignoring this error, or 
is 
>> it a bug of the compiler?
>
>What bug?  The above code *is* wrong, and the compiler 
rightfully
>complains about it.  The code below is the right one, and 
the compiler
>compiles it without any warnings (I've just tried):
>
>	char line[4][2] = { {2,1}, {2,1}, {3,4}, {2,1} };
>
>So what error do you want to ignore, and why do you think 
the compiler
>might have a bug here?

I tested the *wrong* code on my djgpp, and it *did not* 
complain - not even a warning... This is what my question 
referred to as a potential bug.

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Noam Rotem
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